okay, we're best friends, lets call her Anna, and i love( like family) her to bits but she drives me crazy!!!! she'll ask me some advice and i'll tell her but, as soon as i say something she doesn't want to hear, she'll go mad at me! and lately, she's made a mistake with two of these guys, and she asked me my opinions on them, and i told her, my answer wasn't harsh at all, but she came out with the sort of answer like 'yeah, well you've never had a boyfriend so what the hell do you know?' my question is, should i tell her these things piss me off or should i just keep quiet and ignore them?
AskKay23 answered Monday June 16 2008, 5:03 pm: Ahh.. I've had a friend just like this. She'd ask me for advice on college, boys, and family.. I'd answer her, and she'd get pissed at my answers. And if that wasn't cruel and unappreciative enough, she went ahead and insulted me the same when your friend is insulting you.
I finally got through to her when I stopped giving her advice. I told her to do whatever she wanted to do, make her own mistakes. She did. Then one day she finally asked why I haven't been giving her advice. And it was simple, because she didn't like the advice I gave to her.
Maybe your suggestions to her are too much for her to handle. You could be too honest to the point where it bothers her. That isn't your fault. If she wants your opinion, she's going to have to learn to accept it the way it is, or don't accept it at all. That includes making you feel insecure about any personal issues you have.
That's not a fair friendship. Ignore her calls for help, show her what she's going to miss out on if she continues to take advantage of you.
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